New Mānoa awards highlight teaching innovations
November 15, 2022
The Innovation and Impact Showcase (IIS) initiative, started in 2021, provides a platform to celebrate UH Mānoa faculty members’ innovative and high-impact teaching practices. Out of 55 nominations, 10 showcase applications rose to the top that demonstrated “skillful integration of innovative techniques/approaches to systematically engage students in deep learning and application of knowledge and skills,” practices deemed by the peer reviewers as representing a new teaching paradigm, a key criterion for the selected showcases. Among the award winners included Undergraduate Research Opportunities Council (UROC) member Aaron Ohta, as well as previous UROP mentors Rebecca Chong, Scott Lozanoff, Brandy McDougall, and Brett Oppegaard.